Judgment No. 2639

• Organization: World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Date: 11.07.2007
• Original: French
• Judges: Gentot, Ba, Rouiller
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 6

Extract:

"Both under the UN Staff Rules and the WTO Staff Rules, the Organization recognises only one nationality for each staff member; a staff member's nationality is determined at the time of appointment and a staff member's home is deemed to be in the country of which the staff member is a national, unless there are compelling reasons to make an exception."

Keywords

grounds; nationality; place of origin; exception; rule of another organisation; staff regulations and rules; appointment; home; date; official